Chapter 1934 Animals
“Are you sure?” The man looked at her questioningly.
“I am.” She raised her chin and challenged him with a firm stare.
With her clinic messed up like this, she had to stand her ground! The doctor’s hands balled into two tight fists.
“Let me warn you, old hag. Come clean, and save yourself a world of pain,” the man said as he lashed his whip menacingly.
What a joke! Does he think I’m afraid of him?
The woman pursed her lips in contempt.
“Let me say that apart from you lot, I’ve never had animals in here. Besides, I’m a doctor, not a vet!”
The man regarded her with suspicion.
Was she not fearful before? How is she so calm now?
“Aren’t you afraid?” he asked.
She rolled her eye at him and smirked.
“What’s there to fear about you? Do you think you can get away with killing me? Hilarious.” The doctor shook her head and taunted, “For all you know, we might be on a live stream right now,”.
The man immediately relinquished his grip on her and checked his own attire.
“Search the place for surveillance equipment. Now!” he barked.
What a bunch of fools!
The doctor rubbed her hands and regarded the men with displeasure. She was curious to see what they could find.
“Nothing, Boss!”
“I’ve nothing here either.”
When the leader made a beeline for the doctor, she panicked.
She thought that her little lie would scare them off. Never did she expect them to be this thorough.
Larry, oh Larry. When are you going to show up?
The doctor shrunk and retreated.
“You’ve some guts trying to play punk with me!” The leader seized the woman by her shoulders and glared at her.
“Don’t test my patience. Tell me where he is, or you’ll die in his place!” The man then drove a fist into the wall behind her, staining both it and his own knuckles in fresh crimson.
“Ah, you’re bleeding!” the doctor said in an attempt at a diversion.
“Where is he? Out with it!” he bellowed.
She shuddered, and her eyes evoked a hint of distress.
“I won’t be able to tell you even if you beat me to death because I don’t even know who you’re looking for. I’m the only one in the clinic all this time,” she said as she tried to collect herself.
“You asked for it…”
Thump!
Just as the man was about to lay his hands on the doctor, the door burst open with a kick.
“What do you think you’re doing on my turf?” Larry said as he stared at the leading thug.
“What an honor this is, Mr. Norton. May I know to what do we owe the pleasure of your presence.” The thug let go of the doctor and strutted toward Larry.
“Should I not show up when there’s trouble at my clinic?” Larry asked.
The leader was taken aback momentarily, but recovered just as quickly.
“To the best of my knowledge, this is the village’s public clinic,” he said as he twitched his nose.
Larry sneered. Although he knew the men would come, their arrival was sooner than he had expected.
“I’ve already bought over the clinic. It now belongs to me,” he replied.
The air became stilled in an instant.
“Look at what they’ve done, Mr. Norton. The medicine is no longer usable.” The doctor purposefully ran up and complained to Larry.
Damned hag!
The leading thug glared at her with fists clenched.
F*ck it. I’ll just take you down with me!
“We’re just looking for one of our guys, Larry. I saw him come in here myself,” the leader whispered as he looked at his whip.
“What’s that you say? Looking for someone? Surely this is not the way to go about with it?” Larry pointed at the mess on the floor.
“Let’s get out of here, Boss. We can’t afford to offend Mr. Norton.” A young man said as he nudged at the arm of his own leader.
